The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, February 10, 1758, Page 2

the Price of fo little Blood, lour whole Lofs not exceeding 500 in killed and wounded. Among the former is General Meinche. His Royal Highrefs Prince Henry, and General Zeidiitz, are both flightly wounded. ; If we confider the Difpofition of both Armies, as to their Num- bers, it muft be acknowledged, that the Hand of Heaven has been _upon our Side. The Enemy boafted they were 70,000 ftrong. I believe they were not quite fo many, bat from the Ground they co- vered, it may be inferred, they were not lefs than 50,000 fighting Men. After the King had got together at Leipfic, all the feveral Corps of his Army, he had 33 Battalions and 43 Squadrons, leaving a Garrifon of five Battalions at Leipfic. He marched with the Reft to Luizen ; and having croffed the Sala at Weiffenfels, Merfeburg and Halle, ard left a Battalion in each of thefe three Places, the Army,wkich joined, after this Paflage on the 3d of November, over againft the Enemy, confilted only in 25 Battalions and 44 Squadrons, Duriog the Battle,the Regiment of Winterfield covered the Baggage, fo that the whole Weight of the Aftion feil upon the Cavairy, and 23 Battalions drawn up in two Lines; and even of the Infantry there were bat fix Battalions that had Recourfe to the Fire of their Mufquetry, viz. Four Battalions of Gyenadiers, and the Regiment of Old Brunfwick, which did Wonders. That Regiment loft its Colonel, with about 100 Men killed and wounded. The Lofs of the Enemy cannot yet be afcertained. Itis fuppofed they left 3000 Men upon the Field of Battle. The Prifoners exceed 4000 Men, and there is among them a great Number of Officers and Generals. We took Fifty Pieces of Cannon, and a great many Standards and Cclours. We have this Day teken four more Pieces of large Cannon, and made 4 or 500 Prifoners. Laxtrali of a Letter from an Officer in the Army of the Empire, dated from Erfurth, Novembir 7, 1757. “ A4t one in the Morning of the 30th pafl, we left our Quarters at Stoffn, and reciived Orders to repair to Weiflinfels ; the Regiment of Varell marched through the City, and over the Bridge, and was can- toned at Petra 5 tawo Regiments, viz. thofe of Nafan, and Deux Ponts, and Reckman's, of Bavaria, with two Conipanies of French Grenadiers, remained at Weiffenfels. “ On the 314, at Fivein the Morning, the Pruffians came and at- tacked the City ; upon this the whole Army was ordered 1o affemble 5 but Prince Hildbourgaufen's Quarters being at balf a League’s Difiance, Sfrom the City, Prince George d’ Armfladt commanded in bis Abfence, and tosk every poffible Method to make Refifiance ; but it was too late ; they were obiiged to retire, and that woble Bridge which bad coft above 100,000 Crowns, <was burnt, to fecure our Retreat. The Pruffian Artillery made a terrible Fire, ahilft the two Regiments were paffing the Bridge. The Regiment of Deux Ponts loft four Gfficers and 100 private Men, upon this Occafion ; the Captains Muncherode and Dames, avith two Licutenants, were among the Former. The Lofs of Rechman’s. Regiment amounted to 200 Men, of whom fix were Officers. The qubole Army continucd before the Town, and the Felt Mar/bal in bis Quarters «t Bugerau. In the Night 300 of the Wurtzburg Imperial Rigiment were detached to the place avhere the Bridge had been, in order 1o obferwe, the Enemy. During the awhole Night a Noife avas beard in the City, occafioncd Ly the Strokes of Mallets 5 but it awas not dilcovered till Break of Day, that tao Houfes had been turned into Batteries. As they avere not yét finijiced, ave enfily difmeunted them avith our fix picces of Cannon, awhich aere fint thither 5 and killed them four Soldicrs, andone Work- man. « The firfl of November the Fire from the Artillery continued on bath Sides till Ten o' Clack, when we began to march towards Merfeberg, the Baggage having gone before as far as Camburg, we awere forced to lie on the Ground without Waood or Straw. In the mean while, the French avere reinforced by 20 Battalions and 28 Squadrons, commanded by the Duc de Broglio. “ The 3d of Nowember ave put ourfelves in a poflure to wait the Enemy ; at one inthe Afternoon we retreated a League towards Frey- bourg, awhere we balted 5 at Five ave avere draavn up in Order of Bat- tle 3 and thus awe advanced flowly towards the Enemy all Night. We were pofled in a Weod on the Right, achere ave covered ourfelves by Sfelling A rees 5 and Batteries avere placed by the French an the two Emi. nences at each Endof the Weod. On the 4th ave wvere in prefence of the Evemy, and cannonaded each other. L he Enemy’s Cavalry advanced, tut acere repulfed by ours, fullained by the Fire of our Artillery. ‘Lhe Enemy’s Infantry thin moved forawards in three Columns, but avere alio repulfed. On the §th the cannonading bigan wery early in the Morning on both Sidis. The lft Wing of the Enemy extended as far as Legen, and their Right to Schorta 5 and our Army was pofled in the Wood at Woaneroda. At Noon our Army, as well as the French, bad Orders to Jorm the Line of Battle, andto march out of the Entrenchments whkich ave badmade. We edvanced towards the Enimy, keeping a little how- ever to the Left. Thke Enemy made a Feint of retiring, on awbich avs redoubled our Pace, but we foon found what kind of Retrrat they aere making. Inorder to deccivve us the more tffefiually, they bad_fent Jome Squad. ons towards Merfeburgh ; but the Keft of their Army avas drawn up bihind an Eminence wbich concealed thom from us, It muft be con- Jeffed, that ave got compleatly into the Snare. “ qbe firft Line of the French and sur Cawvalry, continued advancing, avhen all an'a fudden our Right Wing received a terribie Fire from the Enemy, cvbich we returned brifkly, but,as we bad been obliged to advance in fome Hurry, our Ranks wicre @ listle difordered, awhich made the Enemy's Fire fall the more beavily upon us. Our Cavalry fied the firft Onfet, upon a full Gallep, but our Ariillery fupported us fome time longer; at lafi the French fled likewife, and being then no longer able to refift * the Enemy, the Rout became general. ““ We bawe lofl all our Baggage and Artillery, and at leafl 18>0 Men. HWe marchedthe whole Night, and paffing the River at Frljberg, arrived at Echertfberg at fix o’ Ciack in the Morning. At 2 o’Clock in the Afternoon the Felt Marjbaland Prince George joined us : they bad bardly fet down to Dinner, but ae perceived the Enemy at our Heels, avho cannonaded us brifkly ; and as our Aymy was not got together, no- thing awas left for us but to retreat. Hawing again smarched all Night, ave arrived at laft at Erfurth, where we now are in want of every thing, tho’ e are rather better off than before, It is nmow eight Days fince our Men hawe had Bread 5 they hawe lived upon Turnips and Radithes, which they dug out of the Earth.” ; Extraé of a Letter from Leipzing, dated November g, 1757. “ It is unfortunately, but too true, that the combined Army has been totally defeated and difperfed. One Part of it bas fled by Naumberg, the otherby Freyberg. The Prince of Deflau purfues the one, and the King in Perfon the other. There have been brought to Merfebourg above sooo Prifoners. They are confined in the Churches. The Army of the Empire has loft 64 Pieces of Cannon, with Kettle Drums, Colours, and Standards, in great Number. Ge- neral Revel, Brother to the Duc de Broglio, died Yelterday of his Wounds at Mer{eburg. This enormous Misfortune is attributed, folely, to the injudicious Difpofitions of the two Commanders ; and it is affured, that for two Days, the Army had not had a Morfel of Bread. Three Hundred Waggons with the heavy Baggage of the Freach Army, and a great Number of Mules, were taken Yefterday at Eckerfkerg. Pofterity will never believe, that, at moft 18,000 Pruffians could ruin an Army of above €o,000 Men. Laft Night 300 Waggons came hither, loaded with wounded French and Swifs, who are in great Diftrefs for want of a fufficient Number of Sur- geons. 'ihis Day we are informed from Merfebourgh, that the Number of Prifoners amount already to 10,000. The Peafants of Gotha and Thuringe bring in Numbers of them, in Refentment of the bad Treatment they have met with from the French. They" add farther, That the ViQors have taken in all 164 Pieces of Can- non. *Tis pot to be doubted, but that their whole Force will now fall upon Erfurth. Hacuk (in Holland) Now. 25. Laft Night we received anAc- count, that the Town of Schweidnitz in Silefia, was taken the 12th Inftant, after a general Affault had been given the Day before, in which the Garrifon behaved incomparably well, and the Governour only capitulated at Noon the next Day, behind the Entrenchments he had made behind the Great Market Place. By our laft Letters from Drefden, the Kingof Prufiia arrived there the 17th Inftant, with ten Battalions. The Day before his Pruffian Majefly arrived there, the Queen of Poland died fuddenly of a Fit of an Apoplexy. [Sofar the London Gazette of the 22d of Nowvember.] ApumiraLTy-Orrice, Decmber 3. Extra& of a Letter from Capt. Elliot, Commander of bis Majefly's Ship Huflar, of 28 Guns, to Mr. Clewveland, dated in Plymouth Sound, the 28th of Nowember, 1757. j « Upon the 1gth I joined Company with his Majefty’s Ship Uni- corn of 28 Guns, and on the 21t we chafed two French Ships of War. About Ten at Night, being the Headmoft Ship, I pafled the Sternmoft of the Enemy, (which the Unicorn has taken) but I loft Sight of the Ship I followed about Midnight.” “ Upon the 23d, in Company with his Majefty’s Ship the Dol- phin of 24 Guns, we chafed a large French Ship, which I gotalong fide of, about eight o’Clock at Night : We had not exchanged a- bove two or three Broadfides when the Dolphin came up. About ten, or a little after, the Enemy loft all his Matts, and funk with his Colours flying. [ judging her to be a Two Deck Ship, with one Tier of Guns mounted. I could not poflibly get a Boat out to fave one of his Men, my Lafts, Braces, and Tackles being all fhot away, The Dolphin fent her Boat, but could find nobody. Having 21 Men kiiled and wounded, our Maf and flanding Rigging a good deal damaged, with the Lofs of the Mizen-Top Maft, and Part of the Top, I judged it proper to return to Port. Dunkirk, (a Port Town of the Fremch Netherlands, in Flanders ) Nowember 20. *Tis given out here, that Count Dubois de la Motte is arrived at Breft,with the French quadron from Louifbourg, from whence he fet Sail the 8ch ult. five Days after the Storm that fhat- tered Admiral Holbourn’s Fleet, and had in his Voyage taken fix Englith Men of War, two of 74 Guns, and 4 of 64, from whom he met with but little Refiftance, they havirg thrown moft Part of their Guns overboard in the Tempeit. Berviw, (the Capital of the King of Pruffia’s Dominions) Now. §. Tt is with the utmotft Surprife, that we read in feveral of the forcign Papers, a Letter pretended to be wroic by the Liing our Sovereign, to his Britannick Majelly, concerning the latc Convention ; and we can with great Truth affure the Publick, that Piece is entirely falfe and furreptitious, no fuch Letter having been ever wrote, Or fo much as thought of, by the King of Pruffia. i Hanover, (lately the Capital of kis Britannict Majefiy’s Dowmi- nions in Germany, but now in Poffiffion of the French) Now. z5. The Hanoverian T'roops and their Confedcrates, finding themfelves to:l : mug